The Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk was designed by Jan Blazej Santini Aichl, a Czech-Italian architect. The combination of Gothic and Baroque styles were used in the design of this church. The church was a shrine for St. John of Nepomuk. St. John of Nepomuk was a martyr who died in 1393. A follower of St. John, Abbot Vaclav Vejmiuva, of the Cistercian Abbey nearby had the church constructed.
The church was to be a place of pilgrimage from the beginning of the design. The cloister around the chapel was based on a ten-point star plan that was completed in 1769. The main importance in the design of this church is that there is a lot of symbolism within the complex, with an example of the number five reoccurring often.
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Pilgrimage Church of
St. John of Nepomuk
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Religious Symbolism
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